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2nd Connecticut Regt (1775)

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Active
  
1775

Size
  
1000 soldiers

Type
  
Infantry

2nd Connecticut Regt (1775)

Allegiance
  
Continental Congress of the United States

Notable commanders
  
Colonel Joseph Spencer Colonel Samuel Wyllys

The 2nd Connecticut Regiment (1775) was authorized in the Connecticut State Troops and was organized from ten companies of volunteers from Hartford county in the state of Connecticut, United States, between 1–20 May 1775. It was adopted on 14 June 1775 into the Main Continental Army and assigned 22 July 1775 to Spencer's Brigade. The regiment was re-organized on 1 January 1776 to eight companies and re-designated as the 22nd Continental Regiment.

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